GOP states to send National Guard troops to D.C.
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National Guard members from West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana have begun arriving in Washington.
Six states send National Guard troops to Washington as Trump deploys soldiers to combat crime, and federalizes Metropolitan Police Department.
ST. BERNARD PARISH — Before being elevated by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, the slave-owning new namesake of the state’s largest National Guard training facility was at best a footnote in history, according to a review of what few documents are available to trace his background.